return priv->ibss_beacon->len;
 }
 
-static u8 iwl3945_rate_get_lowest_plcp(int rate_mask)
+static u8 iwl3945_rate_get_lowest_plcp(struct iwl3945_priv *priv)
 {
        u8 i;
+       int rate_mask;
+
+       /* Set rate mask*/
+       if (priv->staging_rxon.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK)
+               rate_mask = priv->active_rate_basic & 0xF;
+       else
+               rate_mask = priv->active_rate_basic & 0xFF0;
 
        for (i = IWL_RATE_1M_INDEX; i != IWL_RATE_INVALID;
             i = iwl3945_rates[i].next_ieee) {
                        return iwl3945_rates[i].plcp;
        }
 
-       return IWL_RATE_INVALID;
+       /* No valid rate was found. Assign the lowest one */
+       if (priv->staging_rxon.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK)
+               return IWL_RATE_1M_PLCP;
+       else
+               return IWL_RATE_6M_PLCP;
 }
 
 static int iwl3945_send_beacon_cmd(struct iwl3945_priv *priv)
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       if (!(priv->staging_rxon.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK)) {
-               rate = iwl3945_rate_get_lowest_plcp(priv->active_rate_basic &
-                                               0xFF0);
-               if (rate == IWL_INVALID_RATE)
-                       rate = IWL_RATE_6M_PLCP;
-       } else {
-               rate = iwl3945_rate_get_lowest_plcp(priv->active_rate_basic & 0xF);
-               if (rate == IWL_INVALID_RATE)
-                       rate = IWL_RATE_1M_PLCP;
-       }
+       rate = iwl3945_rate_get_lowest_plcp(priv);
 
        frame_size = iwl3945_hw_get_beacon_cmd(priv, frame, rate);